There is no shortage of One Direction superfans across the world who would do anything to land a date - or even five minutes of time - with former bandmember Zayn Malik. But it's likely that none are as dedicated as one resourceful two-year-old.

The young superfan, known only as Jules, took her fandom to the next step by coming up with an innovative plan to 'buy' the British singer for herself, stealing an impressive $5,000 from her father's safe in the hopes that she might make Zayn her own.

Jules, from Washington, put the money into her lunchbox before daycare, presumably with the intent of making a deal with one of her classmates in order to secure ownership over the global superstar, and was left devastated after her plot was foiled by her aunt who found the money and stopped her from going ahead with the payment.

Inconsolable: One Direction superfan Jules, two, stole $5,000 from her dad's safe to 'buy' Zayn Malik before being found out by her aunt Haya on the way to daycare

'I wish I was lying': Haya is astounded as she counts out $5,000 in $100 bills as her niece sits in the back of the car

A video featuring the toddler, shared by her aunt Haya, has become a viral sensation shared by tens of thousands of people online.

Tweeting under the name @hfaaaaa, her aunt wrote: 'When ur niece steals 5k from her dad's safe and takes it to daycare. [sic]'

She then followed up with a video of herself and her niece in order to prove that her story was true, and show her followers the enormous amount of money taken by the little girl.

In the clip, the toddler is seen being questioned by Haya, who also films herself counting out the stack of $100 bills that she found in her niece's lunchbox

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'I wish I was f***ing kidding, she literally took this from his f***ing safe and put it in her lunchbox,' she says at the start of the clip, responding to all those who suggested her story had been made up.

When Haya asks Jules, who is seen sitting in the back of the car, why she did it, she answers, simply: 'I wanted Zayn'.

The little girl shows no remorse for her actions, as she sits in the back of the car in a grump, looking down at her hands occasionally while her face is partly concealed by her pink hooded sweater.

And when her aunt tells her: 'You can't buy Zayn,' that really sends her over the edge and she begins screaming: 'I want to buy Zayn!'

Cute: The two-year-old looks sweet and innocent sitting in the back of the car

High-pitched: Jules shouts at her aunt, who is sat in the front, before screaming 'I want to buy Zayn'

The video has since been shared by tens of thousands on Twitter, with many also sharing the hashtag '#IWantToBuyZayn'.

And while she may not have achieved her goal to 'buy' Zayn, who is dating model-of-the-moment Gigi Hadid, Jules has at least managed to do more than most by getting the attention of the 23-year-old who tweeted: 'This girl is so cute :)'

In another video where Haya is heard telling Jules the news, the toddler is overwhelmed with excitement about the fact that Zayn knows who she is, and repeatedly kisses the camera over and over before jumping up in the air.

A second video then shows the toddler running through her house punching her fist in the air with glee.

Haya told Metro that her niece is a 'huge fan' of the singer and former Directioner but was not interested in the rest of One Direction.

Consolation: She may not have achieved her original goal to buy the singer but she has managed to get his attention after Zayn tweeted the video of the toddler - describing her as 'cute'

Celebration: After she is told that Zayn thinks she is 'cute', Jules performs a victory dance

Elated: Jules repeatedly blows kisses to the camera as she is filmed following Zayn's 'cute' tweet